Don't use text in graphics. Use real text instead.
- From: "J.B. Nicholson-Owens" <jbn forestfield org>
- To: marketing-list gnome org
- Subject: Don't use text in graphics. Use real text instead.
- Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:27:02 -0500
Hugh Buzacott wrote:
It is just a suggestion so if you have any ideas and so forth just send
them.
The "About Download Support" links are a graphic. I don't recommend using text
in graphics because text in graphics disallow the reader control over rendering,
such as using fonts and sizes the reader can read. This is important to readers
who, for whatever reason, don't select the font and size you chose for the
graphic text.
I recommend using real text instead. I think it's appropriate to suggest sizes
-/+ some small percentage (perhaps 10%) over the user's default if you want to
(de)emphasize some text.
Also, you suggest only one font (Arial) and no fallbacks. This is unwise. It's
also unwise to only suggest a non-free font. Finally, you specify font size in
CSS pixels in the style5 class ("font-size: 24px;"). This too is inappropriate
for the web where you cannot predict what the user will see the webpage on. Use
percentages, ems, or exs instead.
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